Thursday, December 10, 2009

Christmas dresses!

Two of them! All finished! And just in time too, as our first Christmas party is today. The basic pattern is again the same as in this one, and this one, with some modifications. The smaller dress I made a bit slimmer, the bigger dress I made a bit fuller. The bigger dress was supposed to be a kind of balloon dress, but I, ahem, screwed up the lining just a wee bit, so it ended up a straight dress after all. All of these fabrics were a pain in the a** to sew, and I'm very happy to have finished them and still have my sanity left. And without further ado, here are the dresses

And as you all know, taking photos this time of year isn't the easiest task, so I hope you'll forgive the poor quality of these. Using the flash really doesn't help either, and I'm still considering a "bright-light-lamp" (I really have no idea what they're called in English). This photo of the tiny one is loads cuter, but it distorts the color of the dress a whole lot
I think this photo shows off the color best, it's a really difficult color to photograph.
The older girl insisted on giving me photos like this
I also finally finished the scarf for the boy in the Estonian orphanage, I have to try to remember to mail it tomorrow, to make sure that it gets there in time for Christmas. I really hope he'll like it.

9 comments:

  1. Wow! The dresses are gorgeous! You're amazing! :)

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  2. Kauniita mekkoja! Ja niin on kaulaliinakin!

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  3. I'm sure he likes it, I would! I would also like to do someting good!
    Love the dresses.

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  4. Thanks everybody! Ja kaunis kiitos kaikille! :)

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  5. Oh they are adorable! The dresses and the girls in them. I love to see your sewing skills. The scarf looks great too. Wow, you must feel great having three projects finished!

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  6. Amybel - thanks, I do feel great! Now if I could only finish the Christmas presents too..

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  7. Gorgeous dresses! (And gorgeous girls too!)

    I'm sure the boy will LOVE his scarf!

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  8. Dorothy - thank you! I'll be mailing the scarf to Moni on Monday, it shouldn't take it more than a couple day to get from me to Estonia.

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